The element ''mor'' appears in a large number of compounds. [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes in the [[Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] that the entry MOR- is "''extremely confused through changes and afterthought additions''" and that it is not clear if "''all the forms given were intended to stand''".<ref name=LR/> It can therefore be hard to know if the element ''mor'' in a compound is supposed to consist of a certain derivative of MOR.{{or}}

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The element ''mor'' appears in a large number of compounds. [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes in the [[Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] that the entry MOR- is "''extremely confused through changes and afterthought additions''" and that it is not clear if "''all the forms given were intended to stand''".<ref name=LR/> It can therefore be hard to know if the element ''mor'' in a compound is supposed to consist of a certain derivative of MOR.

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The element mor appears in a large number of compounds. Christopher Tolkien notes in the Etymologies that the entry MOR- is "extremely confused through changes and afterthought additions" and that it is not clear if "all the forms given were intended to stand".[4] It can therefore be hard to know if the element mor in a compound is supposed to consist of a certain derivative of MOR.